Title - 2 coaches gutted at Falaknuma rail station

Two coaches of the shuttle service train operating between Falaknuma and Umdanagar were gutted when a fire broke out at Falaknuma railway station on Saturday afternoon. There were no casualties.

    The three-coach Falaknuma-Umdanagar DHMU was preparing to depart from Falaknumna Railway Station when railway officials noticed smoke coming out from the first coach around 12.20 pm. Passengers rushed oust of the train as the railway officials began to douse the fire with hand-held extinguishers. The fire control room received a call at 12.35 pm and fire engines from Chandulal Baradari, Moghulpura and Musheerabad were pressed into service. Fire personnel arrived by 12.45 pm and brought the flames under control in about an hour. By the time the fire was extinguished two coaches were completely burnt while the third of the three coach train was partially burnt.

    SCR spokesperson K Sambasiva Rao said that the cause of fire could not be determined due to its huge nature. A probe would be conducted into the incident to determine the cause, he added.

    The fire caused disruption of MMTS services to Falaknuma as South Central Railway (SCR) authorities switched off overhead electric traction as a precautionary measure. MMTS trains between Secunderabad and Falaknuma, and Kacheguda and Falaknuma were partially cancelled. The authorities also cancelled DHMU trains running between Umdanagar and Falaknuma.

Fire engulfs a coach of the Falaknuma-Umdanagar train at Falaknuma railway station on Saturday